Lately I've noticed a stubborn little crease on my forehead. I lift the skin just a bit, mimicking a facelift - and the crease disappears. During a facelift, the surgeon makes an incision, usually around the hairline, and then pulls the facial skin upward to smooth loose skin and wrinkles, and provide a more youthful appearance. While a facelift can provide dramatic results, I'm not quite ready for all that. I'd just like something to freshen my face a bit. And yet I'm smart enough to kno...
Imagine never having to borrow your neighbor's ladder, always being able to see the stage no matter where you're seated, and being able to sink a basket just by simply raising your arm. It takes a lot of height to make Shaquille O'Neal and Yao Ming look short, but these skyscraping folks do it. Prepare to meet the tallest men and women on the planet. Leonid Stadnik At 8 feet 5 inches, Leonid Stadnik of the Ukraine beat out Bao Xishun in August 2007 for the title of "World's Tallest M...
If you're still going to the spa for a plain old Swedish massage or pineapple scrub facial, you're living in the Dark Ages of pampering! Around the globe these days, spas are offering ever more exotic (and frankly scary treatments) to eager customers. From Vaginal Steam Therapy, to a Snake Massage to Caviar Shampoo, there's something for everyone. Here's a dozen to consider. And yes, they're all real. Bird Poop Facial How do geishas and Kabuki actors keep their skin so radiant and ev...
So what if you weren't born with Brad Pitt's strong jaw, Elvis Presley's dimpled chin, or Pamela Anderson's super-sized chest? With a few slices of the scalpel anyone can look like their favorite celebrity's long-lost twin. And if you're angling for a new career as a convincing celebrity impersonator, cosmetic surgery is the perfect way to stay ahead of the game (but is it a tax write-off?). Proving that imitation is the sincerest form of flattery, the following people went under the knife wi...
The American Society of Plastic Surgeons does not list Knee Lift Surgery on their website. In fact, the cosmetic procedure was relatively unknown by the masses until the release of Charlie's Angels: Full Throttle, when the world got a Big Screen view of Demi Moore's beach worthy bod, sparking rumors that she had her knees "lifted" (along with just about everything else) before filming. BP investigates... Demi Moore is no stranger to plastic surgery. At 44, she has plump lips, a wrinkle-fr...
Anyone who watches the Discovery Health channel knows that nature likes to throw us a lot of genetic curveballs: Siamese twins, extra appendages, chimeras, hermaphrodites...you name it. But you haven't seen anything yet. The people in this article have some of the most startling, unimaginable birth defects the world has ever seen. Suddenly that annoying birthmark of yours doesn't look so bad. "Wolf Girl" She may look more like a furry animal than a little girl, but Thailand's Supatra...
Imagine THIS new category at the next Academy Awards: "Best performance by an actress with Botox." And the nominees are... You may snigger at the idea (even though you have an idea who should be nominated) but awards and pageants proudly touting who's been snipped, suctioned, resurfaced and injected may soon be commonplace. Who knows when (or if) they'll do it again, but China has already crowned one "Miss Artificial Beauty" in a 2004 pageant in which nineteen finalists aged 17 to 62 compe...
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If you could choose your own lifespan, how long would it be? This is the latest from the polls on our website and I'm just curious to see what most people think. Automatically you may assume that everyone would want to live forever, not true. Follow the link to the right side of our homepage for the voting. Which one are you? - 60-70 Years - 70-80 Years - 80-90 Years - 90-100 Years - I want to live forever
After nursing three kids, this mother found herself disappointed with her post-baby breasts, so she did what many moms consider: She went under the knife to perk up her other girls with saline implants. A scientist by profession, she didn't make the decision lightly, but instead says she spent hours researching the procedure, speaking with her surgeon, reading literature and considering the pros and cons of undergoing the knife and then living with implants after the fact. A few months fo...
Breaking news: News anchors get plastic surgery and Botox. Actually, considering the frozen faces you usually see on the nightly news, that's not so surprising-especially now that HDTV is here, ready to zoom in on every tiny wrinkle. (We also suspect they wear booty shorts and knee-high socks behind those desks.) So which news personalities are more "Good Night and Nip/Tuck" than "Good Night and Good Luck"? Read on to get the scoop. Katie Couric Her CBS ratings may be going down, dow...
Volumizing mascara, lash plumpers, falsies, even extensions...augmenting eyelashes is a big business. And while Maybelline Great Lash may be the quintessential miracle beauty product, nobody does glamorous lashes better than Shu Uemura. The best Japanese import to emerge since sushi, Shu Ueumura's array of luxe gold eyelash curlers (the pride of my makeup bag) and false lashes make any woman feel like a diva. So it's not surprising to discover that the brand's Tokyo boutique is home to th...
We've all had those moments of self-loathing when we step on the scale the morning after a Big Mac Attack. But imagine how you would feel if you weren't just a little heavy-you were one of the fattest people on the planet. The heavyweights below have known that feeling, having gained notoriety for their larger-than-life bodies. Read on-and put the brownie down. Renee Williams Texas housewife Renee Williams made headlines earlier this year when she became, according to The Daily Mail...
Aubrey de Grey is not your typical scientist. With a long beard and ponytail, and dressed faded jeans and a t-shirt, he ended his talk at the Technology, Entertainment, and Design conference with the challenge: "If you think that I'm wrong, you'd better damn well go and find out why you think I'm wrong." Oh yeah-and he believes it's possible for human beings to live to be a thousand years old. De Grey may not be conventional in his thinking or presentation, but he is an accomplished scient...
Want to jazz up your next dinner party...and a new tuna casserole recipe just isn't enough? According to Small Town Politics, the Japanese might be able to offer some party hints that'll blow Martha Stewart out of the water. Apparently the new trend in the Land of the Rising Sun is to construct a lifelike, nude woman constructed completely out of food...like a blow-up doll that you can eat. Plop her on the table, gather everyone around, slice into the "edible woman," and, as Small Town Politi...